1. Driving back up on Wednesday to Statesboro and Georgia Southern University for the annual Retirees Recognition Ceremony. Retirees who have given ten years or more service to GSU have their names on plaques that are put on the wall at the Builders of the University Terrace.

And here I am with fellow retirees and good buddies Linda Arthur and Phyllis Dallas:

And who said there’s no such thing as a free lunch?

(Okay, maybe I put in a few years for that lunch. But the ham was good.) What a beautiful day!

2. Aspiring (great emphasis on “aspiring”) to live the rest of my life by thisquote from the novel I’m currently ready–The Light Between Oceans: “It isn’t safe to put off what matters.”